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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sor•row /ˈsɑroʊ, ˈsɔroʊ/USA pronunciation n. - distress caused by loss, disappointment, etc.;
grief:[uncountable]the depth of her sorrow. - a cause of grief, such as a misfortune:[countable]Too many sorrows crushed her spirit.
v. [no object] - to feel or express sorrow;
grieve:I sorrow for you in this time of loss.
sor•row•ful, adj. sor•row•ful•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sor•row (sor′ō, sôr′ō),USA pronunciation n. - distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.;
grief, sadness, or regret. - a cause or occasion of grief or regret, as an affliction, a misfortune, or trouble:His first sorrow was the bank failure.
- the expression of grief, sadness, disappointment, or the like:muffled sorrow.
v.i. - to feel sorrow;
grieve.
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English sorg; cognate with German Sorge, Dutch zorg, Old Norse sorg, Gothic saurga; (verb, verbal) Middle English sorwen, Old English sorgian; cognate with Old High German sorgôn
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Sorrow, distress, grief, misery, woe imply bitter suffering, especially as caused by loss or misfortune. Sorrow is the most general term. Grief is keen suffering, esp. for a particular reason. Distress implies anxiety, anguish, or acute suffering caused by the pressure of trouble or adversity. Misery suggests such great and unremitting pain or wretchedness of body or mind as crushes the spirit. Woe is deep or inconsolable grief or misery.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged adversity.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mourn, lament.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sor•row•ful (sor′ə fəl, sôr′-),USA pronunciation adj. - full of or feeling sorrow;
grieved;
sad. - showing or expressing sorrow;
mournful;
plaintive:a sorrowful song. - involving or causing sorrow;
distressing:a sorrowful event.
- Middle English sorowful, Old English sorgful. See sorrow, -ful bef. 900
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unhappy, grieving.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged melancholy.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged piteous, heartbreaking.
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